Rajasthan Diwas was celebrated on 30 March marking the unification of the erstwhile princely states in the region into the State of Rajasthan. Fifty-six years ago, on 30th March 1949, took place the g ...

World Tuberculosis Day By Dr Arvind Kumar World Tuberculosis Day (also called World TB Day) is commenced on 24 March every year. This day is structured to build community awareness about tuberculosis. ...

World Meteorological Day 2012 By Dr Arvind Kumar The World Meteorological Day is annually held on or around 23 March to commemorate the establishment of the World Meteorological Organization, which wa ...

World Consumers Rights Day Dr Arvind Kumar World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD), observed on 15 March every year, is an annual occasion for celebration and solidarity within the international consumer mov ...

Bane of Avarice By Dr Arvind Kumar The growing nexus between local politicians and mining mafias is claiming a heavy human toll. The recent deaths in quick succession at the hands of illegal miners - ...

Fukushima Revisited By Dr Arvind Kumar Japan was hit by a massive earthquake and huge tsunami on 11 March 2011 that killed nearly 20,000 people and threatened the country — and it neighbours — with a ...

Women’s Day The UN theme for International Women’s Day 2012 is Empower Women – End Hunger and Poverty. In many countries, International Women's Day is an occasion to honor and praise women for their a ...

Human Rights & Climate Change By Dr Arvind Kumar At a recently held seminar in Geneva, some experts asserted that many of the countries that have contributed the least to greenhouse gas emissions ...

New Water Policy More Contentious By Dr Arvind Kumar* *President, India Water Foundation, New Delhi. The New Water Policy (NWP) draft 2012 is reportedly replete with more contentious issues and least ...

Another Global Downturn By Dr Arvind Kumar Another global financial downturn is round the corner if forecasts of the IMF and World Bank are to be believed. Revising its forecast for global growth in 2 ...